douglas county school district
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Autistic boy’s plea for better special education asks Supreme Court for national standard
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The case of an autistic Colorado boy whose parents seek better special education for him could result in a national standard for educating disabled children when his lawsuit goes before the U.S. Supreme Court, according to educators and their attorneys. Some school districts complain the case could force them to shift more of their scarce…
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DPS COCare savings lower than others
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Colorado’s nearly 200 school districts, plus cities, counties and other local governments, could save more than $542 million in taxpayer money, if state voters approve Amendment 69, in this fall’s election. Information gathered by backers of the amendment – which would create the $25 billion nonprofit ColoradoCare statewide universal health care program to replace current private…
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McCarron: Douglas County School District acquires war weapons for security
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Seventeen years ago, Colorado was horrified at the massacre at Columbine High School, where 12 students and one educator were shot and killed. Families who sent their children off to study in the morning spent terrifying hours awaiting word of their survival. Twelve never heard those words of relief. A sad and misdirected marking of…
